STORRS — Christmas just got a whole lot better in the Calhoun household.

For 40 years, Pat Calhoun, wife of the now-retired Jim Calhoun, had to plan Christmas dinner around her husband's basketball practices. The holiday was sometimes spent in far-flung places, mostly spent at home but always spent with some sort of qualifier.

No more.

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